Genesis 41:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.”

Genesis 41:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 41:414 words

וַתֹּאכַלְנָהwatōʾḵalənāhAnd eat

הַפָּרוֹתhapārwōtThe heifer

רָעוֹתrāʿwōtBad

הַמַּרְאֶהhamarəʾehThe view

וְדַקֹּתwədaqōtAnd crushed

הַבָּשָׂרhabāśārThe flesh

אֵתʾēt—

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

הַפָּרוֹתhapārwōtThe heifer

יְפֹתyəp̄ōtBeautiful

הַמַּרְאֶהhamarəʾehThe view

וְהַבְּרִיאֹתwəhabərîʾōtAnd the fatted

וַיִּיקַץwayîqaṣAnd awake

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאכַלְנָהwatōʾḵalənāhAnd eat

הַפָּרוֹתhapārwōtThe heifer

רָעוֹתrāʿwōtBad

הַמַּרְאֶהhamarəʾehThe view

וְדַקֹּתwədaqōtAnd crushed

הַבָּשָׂרhabāśārThe flesh

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

הַפָּרוֹתhapārwōtThe heifer

יְפֹתyəp̄ōtBeautiful

הַמַּרְאֶהhamarəʾehThe view

וְהַבְּרִיאֹתwəhabərîʾōtAnd the fatted

וַיִּיקַץwayîqaṣAnd awake

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

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